bricked

/brɪkt/
adjective
  1. Describing an electronic device that has become completely non-functional, like a brick.
    • He tried to fix the old game console, but now it's bricked.
    • After the failed update, my phone was bricked and wouldn't turn on.
    • A bricked router is useless until you can reinstall the firmware.
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verb
  1. Past tense of brick (to make a device non-functional, usually by a failed software update).
    • I accidentally bricked my tablet when I interrupted the installation.
    • The faulty driver bricked his computer completely.
    • She bricked the smartwatch by loading the wrong operating system.
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